Lessons Learned This New Year’s Eve, and Bass Day!

The New Year's Eve show went remarkably well, and the sizable crowd took in a wonderful display of music and tomfoolery the whole night through. Given the number of people cycling through the stage and the huge production number at midnight (a holiday take on "Bohemian Rhapsody" by the combined Leisure Kings/Born Again Floozies orchestral choir), the production flowed extremely smoothly. I also took away some additional knowledge from the night:

• Dancers onstage mean more dancers offstage.
• Dancers onstage work harder than you. Trust me.
• Carry tools to fix electric fans for said dancers.

I also learned (a couple of days later) that sometimes you just have to play the songs you're asked to and smile. It happens to every musician sometimes, and it's good to get a reminder to remain flexible and attentive.

Also, Butler University has placed their musical focus squarely where it should be by sponsoring Bass Day on Saturday, January 16th. This blog entry presents some of the details and speakers for the day, but they had me at the first word. I'm scheduled to do some recording that day, but I might see if I can make it a late arrival time. They've got to spend three-quarters of the day getting drum sounds anyway, right?